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circle_of_seven ([info]circle_of_seven) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-02-06 09:43:00


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Current location:Asgard
Entry tags:aridis, asleif, halbjorn, inactive - danielle hrimharisdottir, inactive - moira hrimharisdottir, npc - demogorge, npc - hjordis volstaggsdottir, npc - sif, npc - thor, npc - volstagg, plot-"the encroaching darkness", svalin, vincent vernard

The Coming Storm
Asgard had seen a rare period of peace. That peace was about to be shattered. Dark forces gathered in a far corner of the realm. Trolls, dark elves and giants fathered their forces and prepared for an assault on the city and the cursed Asgardians.

Soon the city would fall and Asgard would be theirs to rule.

Alfun looked at the assembled troops and smiled. They would make a great distraction. Alfrun knew they wouldn’t succeed in defeating the Asgardians and taking the city. Countless times they have tried and failed. The Asgardians always won.
Until today. The troops were a distraction until the real weapon could be brought onto the battlefield. With the two, the Asgardians would fall. This would be their Ragnarok. The final battle for them.

Alfrun ran her fingers lovingly over the parchment. How very nice of that dwarf to give her this wonderful piece of parchment. With it she could bring about the downfall of Odin, Thor and the rest of Asgard. Then she, Alfun daughter of Eisa and granddaughter of Loki, would sit upon the throne of Asgard as queen.

“Send them!” she said. “I have to start the ritual.”

Treg grunted and then bellowed orders. The troops started moving.



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[info]nextgen_asgard
2010-02-06 02:27 pm UTC (link)
The city of Asgard had seen many attacks by the darker residents of the realm and each time the residents repelled the forces of dark. Each citizen, be they of royal blood or common blood, knew their duty to the city and to each other. They would fight until their last breath and last drop of blood. They were a proud people and would fight until the very end.

The dark forces appeared on the horizon and the residents of the city raised the alarm.

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[info]nextgen_parent
2010-02-06 04:46 pm UTC (link)
Thor moves to the front, organizing troops and steeling nerves. Something struck him as very wrong here. Surely their foes could not think the forces arrayed could breach the walls?

Something bodes very ill here indeed.

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[info]nextgen_parent
2010-02-06 05:08 pm UTC (link)
Sif was next to her husband in full battle gear. Her sword was sharp and what little armor she did wear was polished. She liked her husband did not like the feel of this.

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[info]circle_of_seven
2010-02-06 05:54 pm UTC (link)
Far from the battle Alfun started the summoning ritual.

Much later the being summoned started moving toward the battlefield.

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[info]ng_divine_ones4
2010-02-06 06:22 pm UTC (link)
Demogorge stormed across the battlefield absorbing divine energies as he went. With each one he grew stronger and more unstoppable.

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[info]nextgen_asgard
2010-02-06 06:56 pm UTC (link)
Even Odin can feel the power of the Demogorge. And as long as this battle lasts, it will grow more and more powerful.
He has his Vizier and the other sorcerors of Asgard erect a great shield to buy them time.

They will need reinforcements for this.

The Allfather reaches across the void to Earth, and without warning or question, summons those of Asgardian heritage into his presence.

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[info]stone_bear
2010-02-06 06:57 pm UTC (link)
There is a moment of confusion.

Then the young Bear hears the sound of chaos and battle. He sees his grandfather, and the throne room.

"I live to serve."

He grins.

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[info]shield_maiden
2010-02-06 07:07 pm UTC (link)
Svalin dropped to one knee when she saw her grandfather.

"My life for Asgard," she said with a bowed head.

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Svalin
[info]nextgen_asgard
2010-02-08 11:06 pm UTC (link)
The All-Father leads his eldest grandchild into a back chamber, and dismisses even his guardsmen and vizier. They are needed elsewhere.

"These words are thine to know, and to share or keep unto thine own self as thou see'st fit.

And in the end times, when Odin All-Father see'st no more,
Consumed by the all-devouring hunger of Fenris,
And Mighty Thor hast departed to battle Jormungandr to the last,
The Eldest scion of Asgard remaining to it shalt quit the throne,
And in Asgard's blackest moment, she shalt fly to her brother's side
And there she shalt meet her first end, born under by the blackest tide
Defending her brother's back.
And then she shalt be the final chosen rider,
And Brunnhilde shalt surrender her leadership and post,
And Svalin shalt lead the final charge of the Valkyrie, choosers of the slain.
And whilst they will be slain to the last, ten spears shalt pierce the Fenris' heart.
Svalin's and Brunnhilde's shalt strike most true, and pierce the Wolf's heart through.
Odin shalt be avenged, and the last two of the Valkyrie shalt fight to the last,
With Brunnhilde as Svalin's shield-maiden, standing before the doors to the throne room."

He eyes Svalin a few moments. "So it ist written. This shalt be thy fate in the final days."

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Re: Svalin
[info]shield_maiden
2010-02-08 11:12 pm UTC (link)
Svalin bowed her head for a moment and let the words sink in. She then looked up at her grandfather. Tears clouded her eyes. "Thank thee, grand-sire."

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Vincent
[info]nextgen_asgard
2010-02-08 11:20 pm UTC (link)
Odin takes Vincent into the same back chamber as the others.

"Ver' soon, Bifrost shalt be shattered by the Demogorge, and none mayst return to Earth, possibly for some time, possibly fore'er. So thou hast now a decision to make."

He holds up a scrying sphere, showing Vincent a scene from Earth - a scene of Franklin before the open gates to hell, scenes of the rest of the F4 battling all manner of mutant threats, and a great citadel rising, horribly, from the middle of New York City.

"Thou'rt a child of two worlds, two bloods. But tis not blood that makest an Asgardian, tis their eternal duty. So now thou /must/ decide where thy heart lies.
If thou'rt to be a child of Asgard, then thy Earthen brother and adopted family shalt battle and suffer alone in this time of trouble. If today ist the end, then ne'er wilt they know what became of thee. And e'en if today is not the end, one day, thou wilt need to abandon them fore'er, leaving them and all that is of Midgard behind. When Ragnarok comes, they wilt ne'er see thee again, and thou wilt abandon them to whate'er trials and struggles art their due to fight alone. And if so, when Ragnarok comes... thou wilt die alone and unheralded. There shalt be no triumph, there shalt be no glory. Merely leaving behind thy Midgard family to die... as all Asgardians must.
If this is thy choice, then thy heart is Asgardian, and I shalt restore Amora's blood to thee, at some cost to mine own power.

Or, thou mayst choose that thy heart be human, and belonging to..." a picture of Andrea emerges in the scrying crystal. "This one, always. If so, I shalt return the immortal blood to thy veins, that thou mayst live as long as she wilt, to die upon the same day, and not a moment before, no matter how many days that mayst be. And I shalt teach thee the secrets of mortal magic, that thou mayst become a more powerful sorceror to make up for the loss of strength, durability and other gifts of being born Amora's son. I wilt show this to thee o'er three days, after which thou wilt be sent back to Earth, more gifted in sorcery, but Asgardian no more. But thou mayst be in time to join them in their battles for Midgard, and mayhap warn them of some of what ist to come, mayhap to save many lives.

So, what wilt it be, Vincent of two bloods? Where liest thy heart?"

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Re: Vincent
[info]quitethecharmer
2010-02-08 11:52 pm UTC (link)
Before Odin, and at his words, Vincent feels small. Moreso than even the swell of magics that make Asgard the Golden Realm weigh upon his now mortal body. His stomach twists at the very notion of abandoning either Andrea and his family or Asgard and his heritage.

"Lord Odin..." He hesitates, steeling himself as the worlds to respond gather in his mind.

"You offer me so much, and yet the choice you place before me is no choice at all. I can no more declare myself only a child of Midgard or a child of Asgard than you could declare yourself only the father of Mighty Thor or only the son of Great Bor. My duality is my nature. There is no choice to make."

Vincent conjures images of Kristoff and his family on Earth. "My family that I have gained are mighty and wise in their own measures, and there is no force on Midgard that I would have more faith in than they, to face whatever trials the gates of the underworld would spew forth."
The image of Andrea comes to the fore. "As for Andrea... she has my heart already, whatever its stuff may be, and has entrusted me with hers. Whatever the span of my life, it is already well spent for having had her love and having given her mine."

He drops to one knee, raising an arm across his chest. "I am Vincent, son born out of Amora the Enchantress of Asgard, fathered by Victor Von Doom of Midgard, and raised by Kristoff Vernard of Midgard. I will not abandon the realm of my birth in this time of crisis, for its need is great, and even a grain of sand may tip the scales in battle."

He lifts his head, his eyes locking on Odin's all-seeing one. "However, there is no choice to make. I am only what I was born to be, a child of two worlds. I can no sooner deny one world than deny the sun in the sky. I will do battle in your name, spill blood for our realm of Asgard, and give up all that I am unto the breaking of the world, with even what little remains to me."

Vincent winces as he lays it bare. "For so long I despised my mortal half, cursed it for leaving me an outcast in my childhood, banished to Midgard in my formative years, and tied by blood to a man I call a monster... but it has also been my link to those I have cherished most in the greater portion of my life. I cannot deny it, nor cast it aside.

Teach me what thou will, restore to me what thou will, and task me with what thou will, but I say to thee a third time, Lord Odin... there is no choice to make."

He lowers his head, and stands again. A very small laugh escapes his lips, as he smiles weakly at the All-Father. "It is the cursed and blessed fate of humans to rarely accept the paths laid before them..." He tightens his jaw, as if demanding tears not to well up through sheer force of will, as the thought of never seeing Andrea, Kristoff, or the rest of his family again ravages his mind.

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Re: Vincent
[info]nextgen_asgard
2010-02-09 12:10 am UTC (link)
Odin looks on Vincent for several long moments, looking almost sad.

"Thou dost not understand, I fear. Tis not me presenting thee the choice. Thou'rt unique in all the nine worlds. For all mine power, I hath no choice. I wilt live mine life, and die at the jaws of the Fenris Wolf. Mine son shalt fight, take seven steps back, and die after slaying Jormungandr. This /ist/ what it ist to be Asgardian. We art not gods because we hath great power. We art not immortal beings because of some cosmic accident. We art blooded so because we hold the world in our hands - one day, nothing else shalt matter. All we hath sown, all pleasures, all friends, all loves, all passions shalt be set aside... and we... shalt... die. This ist our fate, this ist what it meanst to be of Asgardian blood.

Tis not me presenting thee some fool's choice. Thou'rt special, thou'rt blessed... thy mother's indiscretion hast bought thee a moment in which thou mayst choose... ist there a verse of the Prose Edda written for thee... or ist there not. E'en with mine sacrifice, until this ver' moment, I cannot see thee in the weave of fate. For this moment, and this moment only, unique of /all/ born of an Asgardian, thy fate ist thine own.

This wilt determine thy place not only today... but upon the day of Ragnarok. If thou choosest to abandon all of thy Midgard friends, then fate shalt draw thee here. No force on all the nine worlds wilt stop it.

/OR/ thou canst untwine thyself from fate. I shalt teach thee magics that wilt replace some part of what thou hast lost. But if thou'rt not willing to make the sacrifice of /everything/, friends, family, love, passion... that all others of the blood hath, then thou'rt not an Asgardian in thy heart. Thou canst return to Midgard, and none shalt hold it against thee, and thou shalt hath what mortals hath, and more... a life of thine own choosing, thine own loves, thine own family.

E'en for all mine power, Vincent, I cannot give both paths to thee. I wouldst if I couldst, but this is the moment where either thou shalt take up the sword and grab fast to the threads of fate, and be fore'er bound in them...
Or thou mayst fly to thy friends aid now in their time of trial, and mayhap e'en their deaths. Thou mayst defend Midgard as one of its heroes, and mayhap by thy warning, save them. Thou shalt learn powerful magics, and thee and Andrea's days shalt be one and the same. And in so doing, thou shalt hath thy thread of fate cut, and be thine own man to define.

But thou /cannot/ do both. It ist blessing enow that thou hast a choice which Odin dost not, which Thor dost not, which Amora dost not, which Svalin dost not... tis a blessing, but it ist only thy blessing once.

Choose. Death for Asgard, forsaking all else, or stand with thine friends and family, truly a member of the noble Fantastic Four - family united to the end. The choice is thine. But... thou...must...choose."

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Re: Vincent - [info]nextgen_asgard, 2010-02-10 02:24 am UTC
Halbjorn
[info]nextgen_asgard
2010-02-08 11:33 pm UTC (link)
Odin leads Halbjorn back to the audience chamber.

"Yours ist one of the shortest and bloodiest chapters in all.

Upon the final day,
The God of Boundless Rage
Shall meet the Primal Force of Anger
And his last words shall be a battle cry
As the Curse Breaks the God
And the God Breaks the Curse
And a single lonely man will walk away."

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Re: Halbjorn
[info]stone_bear
2010-02-08 11:34 pm UTC (link)
Halbjorn grins. "Tis mine honor to serve and die well."

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Aslief
[info]nextgen_asgard
2010-02-09 12:49 am UTC (link)
Odin leads Aslief back to the audience chamber, looking at her through his one eye, his expression firm.

"The daughter of lines of both Thor and Loki shalt be tempted thrice.
Three forces, with powerful and dark gifts shalt come before her.
The Dokk Alfen shalt offer wealth and power and sorcerous knowledge long hidden in the darkest places,
The demons, knowing Surtur wilt soon be slain, shalt offer magics by which they mayst be summoned, regathered and commanded.
And finally Hel itself shalt offer to open for thee, and all its dread gifts wouldst be given to her.
And these secrets art so carefully guarded, e'en Odin's eye cannot see what she speaks to these three supplicants.

Instead, the next thing known of her when she hast taken audience with each of the three ist she shalt hath the back of the final Queen of Asgard, standing before the throne itself.
And none shalt know or say until the final moments...

With the Queen's back, wilt Aslief then stab her sister in the back and take o'erwhelming power,
Or wilt she die nobly, defending her sister's back to the last?"

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Re: Aslief
[info]godlierthanthou
2010-02-09 08:46 pm UTC (link)
"Together but apart, mine intentions known naught but to me," Asleif said, quietly. "Ever under the eternal eye of suspicion."

Little surprise, truthfully. There was much more of Loki's line in her than in any of the others.

"I understand, grand-sire. Thank-thee for telling me of this."

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[info]nextgen_asgard
2010-02-09 05:34 pm UTC (link)
Odin nods to Moira and Danielle.

"If thou wish it spoken aloud, then so be't.

In the end times, the noble wolves of Asgard shalt answer the call.
Warriors and allies to the end, they shalt appear from their dens and warrens,
And sweep o'er the enemy like a tide of blood.
Their own blood shalt betray them, and Fenris, with a ferocity that matches their own,
Shalt tear through their ranks, and they shalt not stop the great wolf from reaching Odin.
And they shalt fall to the last,
Surrounded by the corpses of three times their number of enemies.

But as e'er, the Asgardians hath no choice... the mortals e'er do.
And this generation wast a most important one, For whether these before me art alive to see Ragnarok, Or it falls to their descendents, this line hast been touched with the blood of mortal kind. And one hast begun down the healer's path, the other has some chance of further mixing the blood.
And so the lines of the Hrimharisdottirs shalt take two paths.
One line of the two shalt come at the call of the Gjallerhorn, and fight and die with their family.
The other shalt be the Alpha Bitch of her own family then,
And though she shalt always question her path, and if it ist true to her, The line of Hrimhari shalt live on for all the days of mortal man, E'en once Asgard is no more."

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[info]princess_mutt
2010-02-09 07:35 pm UTC (link)
The girls listen carefully. The part about the death of their pack is a solemn matter, but straightforward and hardly shocking.
It's the second part that makes them look especially thoughtful.

The sisters' hands thread together and hold tight as they think on it. They nod politely.
"Our thanks."

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[info]nextgen_asgard
2010-02-09 08:12 pm UTC (link)
Odin nods to Aridis, and speaks aloud:

"Thou hast one of the greatest and most difficult parts to play of all.

When Odin hast been consumed, and the wolf lies dead,
Thor hast turned his sights to the final battle with Jormundgandr,
And the eldest daughter hast turned away from the throne to fly to her brother's aid,
One daughter of the royal line shalt come to serve.
But heavy ist the crown that Aridis Thorssdottir must lift,
And it shalt rest heavy on her brow.
It shalt weigh down all the thoughts of brighter days.
There shalt be no room left for folly or dalliance,
No place for vainglory or tales or drink.
And she, and the final sibling remaining to her wilt take their final stand, the last daughters of Asgard,
And they shalt fight back to back until lovely Aridis ist out of arrows,
And she shalt take up Odin's spear, and trust her sister with her back.

The final words of thy prophecy art written, but so obscured in sorcerous pacts and shadow that e'en I canst see it not.
Thy sister mayst betray thee, in which time, an evil being shalt destroy the throne of Asgard e'en as thou'rt watching from the floor, bleeding thy last.
If she ist true, then the throne shalt stand, a final monument to all we wert...
and though thine sister shalt die, if she is true to thee, then when the next day comes, Balder wilt bend his knee to thee, as the first Queen of the new age.
The crown shalt lose all the weight of worries and Ragnarok, and thou shalt be an enlightened and truly immortal being at last, the first guide to a new race of gods for a new age...
But ne'er shalt thee find thy childhood and wonder again for all thou hast seen.
Either way, it falls to thee... in life or death, thou wilt be the last Queen of Asgard."

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[info]eagleofthebow
2010-02-09 09:25 pm UTC (link)
Aridis doesn't look over joyed at all. The burden she knows that will come is a bit too much for her to hear. She would rather any of her siblings take the throne rather than her.

But she knows the truth of things. Fate can not be cheated and things will happen because they are meant to. She bows her head. "Thank thee All-Father."

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[info]nextgen_asgard
2010-02-09 08:21 pm UTC (link)
Now that his older siblings had heard their prophecies, it was time for Skari to step forward. There was a certain procedure to these types of things. His older siblings always went first. Skari knew his place in the hierarchy of his family and in Asgard.

"I wouldst hear mine, Grandfather."

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[info]nextgen_asgard
2010-02-09 08:42 pm UTC (link)
Odin draws Skari aside.

"On the final day, Skari Thorsson shalt command the second boat of the Asgardian fleet.
The fleet shalt be o'ertaken by Hela's Black Fleet of the dead,
And shalt think themselves prepared.
The flagship shalt be sunk by treachery and traitors,
And Skari Thorsson shalt take command of the fleet of Asgard.
Three times, attempts will be made upon his life.
The first, the senses of Doublas of the Wolves shalt see through,
And though Douglas shalt die for the warning, Skari wilt be saved.
The second attempt shalt claim the life of his shield,
Ever faithful, Hjordis shalt die in his stead.
And just when all appears blackest, out o'er the tossing waves,
One more shield shalt arrive to save him, and die in his stead.

So saved, he shalt outmaneuver e'en Hela on the seas, and she shalt abandon her fleet, to go into battle alone.
And though Skari shalt die ramming Hela's flagship,
Not a single sailor from the lands of the dead shalt e'er reach Asgardian shores."

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[info]quitethecharmer
2010-02-10 02:36 am UTC (link)
"All of you, gather around me." Vincent produces a sachet of sand from his robes, marking runes on the floor. "I will be working my magics on a great area when the battle comes to us. This protective spell will render those I mark with it immune to my illusions and enchantments."

He looks around at those assembled, pausing for a particularly long moment on Svalin. "I offer this protection to you all as my brothers and sisters, and lords and ladies of this realm."

He regards the white-haired girl for a moment as well. Familiar, but he can't say why.

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[info]shield_maiden
2010-02-10 02:51 am UTC (link)
Tempers were running short with battle looming, Svalin's being no exception. It was hard to sit and talk while the enemy waited outside the shield. How dare this...halfblood start issuing orders to the sons and daughters of Asgard? Ones who have had more experience and time defending the realm from the forces that were now camped outside.

"Silence!" Svalin growled. "Thou wilt learn thine place in Asgard and in battle," she continued. "Thou wilt lend thine help when asked and not issue orders!"

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(no subject) - [info]godlierthanthou, 2010-02-10 03:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]nextgen_asgard, 2010-02-10 05:08 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]quitethecharmer, 2010-02-10 05:13 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]shield_maiden, 2010-02-10 07:56 pm UTC



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